Ji Man wiped away tears, and said with a wry smile: "Slaves are imprisoned in the Si Guo Pavilion by Lord Hou, how can they have a good life. The house is full of things that are seen as high and low, and no one is in charge, so the rules are broken , take some leftovers with the servants every day. The servants were very hungry yesterday, so they went to the kitchen to steal food, and accidentally caused a fire, which almost caused a catastrophe."
Gentle brows frowned: "Anyway, she is a concubine of the Hou's mansion. There is no reason to eat leftovers. If it spreads out, people will laugh at my Hou's mansion. I can't even support a concubine!"
Ji Man nodded lightly, and then kowtowed to Wen Wan: "Madam is a good-natured person, I don't know how much better-natured than a servant girl, and I think she will stay with Lord Hou for the rest of her life. But she is too good-natured, so it is inevitable that she will be a little bit tricky." The servant will think that you are easy to bully, so there is no dignity."
This sentence is decent and generous, Wen Wan nodded repeatedly, thinking that this Nie Sangyu is not as arrogant and unreasonable as in the legend, at least what he said now makes sense, even if it is a concubine who is thinking about the past, Don't let the house slaves bully you.
"I see. I'll talk to someone from the kitchen later. You should go back to your room first. As for the water leaking from the kitchen, treat it as dry weather." Wen Wan said.
"Thank you, madam." Ji Manli kowtowed thoughtfully.
Wen Wan turned around and left the yard, called Sandalwood and went to the kitchen together. Clover slipped in, and hurried over to help Ji Man: "What did the master just say? Madam looks so angry."
Ji Man smiled, pulled Alfalfa into the room and closed the door, then said: "Do you understand that retreat is advance?"
Clover was at a loss.
Ji Man tapped her forehead, and said in a low voice: "Those slaves clearly bullied you. I was left out by Lord Hou and deliberately refused to give me food. Otherwise, if you went so early, how could you always have no food. They thought I was There is no way to sue if it is closed, I just confessed to my wife and said that I stole the chicken."
Clover was taken aback: "You... are guilty of stealing! You tell Madam, in case she..."
"No." Ji Man shook his head: "Let's not say Madam has a good temper, even if she wants to embarrass me, she can't take this matter. She will only help me hide it, otherwise, the concubine of the Hou Mansion will steal food If such a thing spreads out, it will lose face to the entire Hou Mansion."
Clover thought for a while before suddenly realizing: "So that's the case, master is so smart!"
Stretching out his hand to touch the non-existent beard, Ji Man said with a smile: "Where is it? Let's see what we can eat tonight. When the money from Doctor Li comes back, we still have things to do."
The more Clover felt that her master had suddenly reborn, but she liked the current master better than the original one, so she didn't think about it. Anyway, following this master is good for her.
In the afternoon, she embroidered two more veils, and Ji Man's speed became faster and faster. Mammy Liu came to see her twice and saw her embroidering. Take the handkerchief to see, it is also lifelike, very delicate.
Grandma Liu felt strange, what happened to Master Sang? What she has done recently is something she can't do normally. But the whole person does not look so sharp, but it makes people feel a lot more comfortable. It is also a good thing if you are willing to be obedient and not make Lord Hou angry.
As soon as Mrs. Hou came to power, she rectified the discipline of the servants, and set the rules for the meals in each house and courtyard. My aunt had three dishes and one soup for lunch and dinner, with two meat dishes. Concubines have two dishes and one soup for lunch and dinner, and one meat. If there are few, all houses and courtyards, including Siguo Pavilion, can go to Madam to make decisions.
Everyone didn't understand why the madam started with meals, but the kitchen has always been a place where oil and water are heavy, such a rule has hurt the interests of many people, and some servants in the house have secretly dissatisfied with Wen Wan.
Ji Man was overjoyed, he thought a hundred times that only the heroine is good in the world, and there was a plate of shredded pork with green peppers on the table. Although the shredded pork didn't look like much, there was some meat anyway! Clover boldly asked the kitchen for two extra bowls of rice, and the two masters and servants sat down and ate their dinner contentedly.
At least you won't be hungry at night, right
Dr. Li brought the money he got from selling jewelry the next day, a total of two hundred and thirty taels. Ji Man thanked him with a smile, and put the thirty taels in his medicine box. Dr. Li was so frightened that he refused again and again, and Clover helped persuade him a few words before he accepted it gratefully.
Thirty taels of silver is not a small amount, and Nie Sangyu's monthly routine silver is only five taels of silver. But what should be given still needs to be given, and some places can't feel bad about money.
"The person in charge in the kitchen seems to be Mrs. Zhao, isn't she?" Ji Man asked while embroidering a handkerchief.
Clover nodded, wrinkled her nose and said, "Aunt Zhao is a bit fierce, and she is not easy to get along with. I heard that she is a distant relative of Director Qian. The servants usually flatter her."
Ji Man said: "You and I are both thinking about the past, but you can still go to the kitchen. When you go today, bring five taels of silver and sneak it to her, and ask her to come to the thinking room when there is no one around. "
"What is master going to do?" Clover asked curiously.
Ji Man smiled: "The Buddha said: Don't say it."